Revisiting WA Corruption & Crime Commissioner John McKechnie's reaction to an investigation into Labor's Anne Aly: Not "new or worthy of consideration"

by Ganesh Sahathevan.

WA Today and others have reported that WACC Commissioner John McKEchnie's re-appointment is being opposed by WA's Opposition Liberal Party.

While WA Premier Mark McGowan still thinks McKechnie should be re-appointed , this writer should like to remind readers of the story below, posted in December 2016.
It did seem then as if McKechnie did not have the skills of an investigator, but continued to think of himself as a judge who could dismiss matters with a self-satisfying  formulation of words. 

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Not "new or worthy of consideration" : WA Corruption & Crime Commissioner confirms but dismisses Anne Azza Aly's referring queries about PAVE,her work to Malaysia 

by Ganesh Sahathevan 

5 December 2016

John McKechnie

The issues raised on my related RealpoltikAsia blog in the posting: 

ALP's Anne Aly's Phoenix Consulting of Dubai provides covert intel training-Who does she report to in Dubai, and then there is the matter of Malaysia.......


were brought to the attention of The Hon John McKechnie QC,the current Commissioner, WA Corruption and Crime ,given the security implications that arise from the connections between PAVE and one David (Dave) Allen, currently Assistant Director Intelligence,WA CCC.


McKechnie's response is as follows:

Thank you for the email. I am the Corruption and Crime Commissioner. I will decide if and when Mr Allens security clearance should be reconsidered but nothing in this email is either new or worthy of consideration.
The Hon John McKechnie QC

Readers have now confirmation from no  less a personage than the WA CCC Commissioner himself, a former judge and QC,of the fact of Aly's Dubai connection, and her referring  queries about her work to person or persons in Malaysia and Singapore.

With regards these matters being not "worthy of consideration", clearly the commissioner and former judge , despite his new position, has much to learn about how and why information is sought, acquired ,traded and utilized. 

That lesson will have to be in an another posting, but some material has been provided below to allow readers to determine the matter for themselves, These notes were provided the Commissioner.

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NOTES


A) The Australian , 13 June 2015


“I’ve never met anyone with the work ethic of Anne, and I’ve worked with pretty hard-working people in my time,” interjects Aly’s third husband, David Allen, a former captain of ­Australia’s ice-hockey team who married her two years ago. “And trust me, she’s feisty.”

Canadian-born Allen, a tall, muscular figure who trained as a police security expert, made a timely entrance into Aly’s life. As her profile has risen, so have the death threats. Aly wrote about it on her blog, in a rebuke against Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s comments about the need for the Muslim community to denounce terrorism, which she paraphrased as: “Muslims don’t speak out and they don’t mean it when they do”.

b)ALP's Anne Aly's Phoenix Consulting of Dubai provides covert intel training-Who does she report to in Dubai, and then there is the matter of Malaysia.......

c) Allen's Linkedin profile refers to Anne Aly's PAVE website

See link https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-allen-8827b833





Dave Allen


Assistant Director Intelligence
Perth, AustraliaLaw Enforcement
Current
Corruption and Crime Commission
Previous
Department of the Premier and Cabinet of WA,
Western Australia Police Service
Education
Edith Cowan University

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https://au.linkedin.com/in/dave-allen-8827b833

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28 years in law enforcement. 9 of those years as a sworn operational police officer. 19 years as a professional intelligence analyst and intelligence manager. My interests are in bulk data analytics, complex money laundering methodologies aided by off shore banking and business structures, counter terrorism, countering violent extremism and emerging telecommunication developments and social media encryption methodologies.

Experience

Assistant Director Intelligence
Corruption and Crime Commission2004 – Present (12 years)Perth, Western Australia

Project Manager
Department of the Premier and Cabinet of WA2004 – 2005 (1 year)Office of Crime Prevention

Set up the Burglar Beware Program in Carnarvon which reduced Burglaries by 50% and in the SE Metro Police District.


Intelligence Analyst and Police Officer
Western Australia Police Service1988 – 2004 (16 years)Perth, Australia
Education


Edith Cowan University
Adv Certificate Financial Investigations, Financial investigations1997 – 1998

Eastdale Collegiate, Oshawa Canada
HSC1974 – 1979

Posted 5th December 2016 by Ganesh Sahathevan